Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime minister, who was stranded in New York because of Iceland’s volcanic ash cloud over the weekend, was using an iPad to run his government remotely, according to his press secretary.

Here’s my new favorite prime minister hard at work at the airport. Tusen takk, dude, for helping me make my case to the skeptical and austere prime minister of my household that we rilly, rilly need to get an iPad. (“Sell the house in Dallas first, then we’ll talk,” she says, meanly):UPDATE: Behold, the next generation iPhone has a front-facing camera for video chat; you just know the next generation iPad will too. I’m gonna wait.

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About Rod Dreher

Rod Dreher is director of publications at the John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropy that focuses on science, religion, economics and morality. A journalist with over 20 years of experience, Dreher has written for The Dallas Morning News, the New York Post, and other newspapers and journals. He is author of the book "Crunchy Cons." Archives of his previous Beliefnet blog, "Crunchy Con," can be found here. He and his family live in Philadelphia.